Positivity
Creativity
Inclusion
Zinc Arts is a leading arts and education charity in Chipping Ongar, Essex, offering inclusive creative programs for people of all ages and abilities.
About Zinc
Zinc Arts is a charity located at Zinc Centre. that supports adults with additional needs and disenfranchised young people. This includes those with physical challenges, special educational needs, mental health issues, deprivation and isolation. Zinc provides education in the core subjects, delivered through creative art and performing arts projects, as well running outreach programmes and wholesome activities for the local and wider community throughout Essex and further afield.
What we do
Education for Adults with additional needs using the Arts as a tool for growth
Community outreach providing professional
services to the local community, groups & schools.
Spaces to hire, ranging from classrooms, conference rooms, to a versatile studio theatre
The Zinc Centre
History
Set within a historic Victorian building with a rich history as a former school, Zinc has grown into a vibrant community hub filled with classrooms, creative spaces, versatile rooms, and even its own theatre.
Testimonials
Nicola
Jacqui
My son attends Zinc Arts three days a week, and he always comes home happy and full of excitement. The activities they offer are varied, engaging, and thoughtfully adapted so that everyone feels included, no matter their ability. The staff are warm, friendly, and genuinely connect with everyone. He has so much fun there and has made wonderful new friends along the way. I’m truly grateful for the positive impact Zinc Arts has had on him.
Our son really has benefitted from his time with you and the other teachers at Zinc Arts. His speech and language has improved (this was a great concern for us) and he tells us about his day with enthusiasm. Throughout the week-end he anxiously seeks confirmation that he is going to Zinc the following week. He has now joined the Art class on Tuesday afternoon and is doing lots of interesting projects.
Mary
Zinc is a safe space where you can learn and be creative with no fear or judgment for being different. You are always amongst friends and caring staff who value you as an individual and that means the absolute world to us .